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Terracotta snake figurine, 5th century BCE

Terracotta snake figurine

5th century BCE · Terracottas

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room171

On public display.

Checked
3 days ago
In this state since
Sep 27, 2026
Source
The museum
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Particulars

Accession number
74.51.1760

In the same room · Gallery 171, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum page

On the same theme · Snakes

All works on the theme

What it shows

Snakes

In the catalog

SculptureTerracotta and ceramicsCypriot

Sources

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)
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Lysippos

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Marble head of a woman, 1st–2nd century CE

Marble head of the so-called Barberini Suppliant, 1st century CE

Marble head of the so-called Barberini Suppliant, 1st century CE

Stone head of a Julio-Claudian youth, possibly of Gaius Caesar, ca. 5 BCE, or later

Stone head of a Julio-Claudian youth, possibly of Gaius Caesar, ca. 5 BCE, or later

Marble portrait bust of a woman, ca. 155–165 CE

Marble portrait bust of a woman, ca. 155–165 CE

Marble portrait of a veiled man, mid-3rd century CE

Marble portrait of a veiled man, mid-3rd century CE

Marble head  of Herakles, 1st century CE

Marble head of Herakles, 1st century CE

Marble bust of a man, 3rd century CE

Marble bust of a man, 3rd century CE

Allegory of the Catholic Faith, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1670–72

Johannes Vermeer

Allegory of the Catholic Faith, ca. 1670–72

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Slang om het torso van man en een vrouw met kind dat een vogel najaagt, William Blake, 1796

William Blake

Slang om het torso van man en een vrouw met kind dat een vogel najaagt, 1796

Rijksmuseum

Slang en allegorie op de nacht, William Blake, 1796

William Blake

Slang en allegorie op de nacht, 1796

Rijksmuseum

The Glorification of the Eucharist, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1630–32

Peter Paul Rubens

The Glorification of the Eucharist, ca. 1630–32

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Dead Christ with Angels, Edouard Manet, 1864

Édouard Manet

The Dead Christ with Angels, 1864

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory of the Sciences, Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1675 - c. 1683

Gerard de Lairesse

Allegory of the Sciences, c. 1675 - c. 1683

Rijksmuseum

Tombe van Nero, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, in or after 1747

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Tombe van Nero, in or after 1747

Rijksmuseum

Ontwerp voor een schoorsteenmantel, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Ontwerp voor een schoorsteenmantel, 1769

Rijksmuseum